This was the post that got me to buy the starter kit with my girlfriend today. We have a very basic brown ale kit fermenting right now, I hope. Regardless of how this beer turns out I'm so excited to be sharing in a great new hobby with the gal that got me into drinking beer almost a year ago. She always wanted to home-brew so this is perfect. Thank you for taking the time to share these stories and making me feel like it was possible.

I got into bed around 2300 last night. Anne followed a few minutes later, and was asleep a few minutes after that. I stayed awake reading until about 130, which is something I’ve been doing the last couple of weeks. I can’t fall asleep before 130, no matter how hard I try, so rather than fight i...

I may not be the first person to say this but it looked like no one else mentioned that Pokemon White has an additional area called the White Forest that is not in Pokemon Black. This gives you access to some additional old school Pokemon like Abra, Machop, Pidgey, and about 20 others. At least thats what I read on the internet, so it's gotta be right.....
Here's the link.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Black_and_White_Versions#Version-exclusive_Pok.C3.A9mon

A pair of twenty-something Bros, dressed and posed in a manner that was such a hilarious cliche, if I described them exactly as I saw them, my editor would have said, "no, that's too cliche," stood near the front of the store, communicating in some kind of Broglish that leaned heavily on the wor...

I think it would be funny to ask one of the standard tech support questions that friends and family always ask us geeks. Such as... "I'm having trouble with my wireless router. Do you think you could..."

This Friday, I'm moderating the Big Bang Theory panel at Comic-con. The entire cast will be in attendance, as well as series creators Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre. We only have an hour, which always goes by faster than we think, so I'm going to start out with a handful of my own questions before I...

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! Has it really been three weeks since the last show? I guess it has. Well, I brought a note that will hopefully excuse my absence... Show Notes: The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progr...

Best MtG flavor text for me is Werebear http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29785 .
Not for political reasons, just because I really like bear puns.
The text reads:
"He exercises his right to bear arms."
Good luck with the Vampire deck. What artifacts are you running in it?

I'm recovering HP and mana today by constructing a Vampire/Artifact deck for Magic: The Gathering. While opening boosters earlier, I came across a card in Zendikar called Landbind Ritual. It's a sorcery card that gives you two life for each plains card you control, and it has one of the most bea...